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tliorax anil aliilorafii, and tlie nppersije of the tiliiae and tarsi di'op cream-i'oldnr. 

 Tenth abdoujinal sti'rnito more or less sinuate. 



Hah. Madagascar ; apjiarently all over the island in suitable districts. 



In the Tring Museum H S S from: Antanosy country, S. Mad. (Last); and 

 " Madagascar." 



b. B. coc(]uereli comorana subs]), nov. 



cJ. Wings shorter and broader than in the Madagascar form, hinder angle of 

 forewing more obtuse. Pale jiarts of upperside of body buff, distinctly vinaceous, 

 the same colour before middle of Ibrewings, the ground colour of the forewing buff 

 yellow : liindwing ami underside orange. Large costal patch situated at basal 

 fourtli smaller than in tlie preceding subspecies, the triangular costal band proximal 

 of fork more oblique and slightly curved, brown submarginal line less curved, 

 almost straight from S( >'' to M'. Tentli abdominal sternite not sinuate. 



IlaJj. Great Comoro L 



In the Tring Museum 5 c?c?. 



lo4. Batocnema africanus. 



*Po!i/j>h/chu.i africdiiiisDhta-at, Ann. Mai). N. H. (7). iii. p. 17'.l (18'.i'J)(Lydenburgdistr., Transvaal; — 

 coll. Distant) ; id., Im. Traiisv. t. Z. f. 4 (11102). 



(S. Wings, upperside. Forewing : olive-green basal i)atch larger than in 



cocquereli, no line beyond first costal patch, second costal patch at end of cell and 

 third at subcostal fork absent or vestigial, subapical patch larger than in cocquereli ■ 

 line from lower angle of cell backwards more oI)li([ue ; costal margin feebly concave 



in proximal half, anal angle more produced di.^tad than in the j)receding. 



Hindwing : a short and sharply defined olive band from anal angle to bej'ond M'-, 

 no lines. 



A specimen in the Berlin Museum from Ukami, Mandera, v. — viii. 1894 

 (Stnhlmann), differs from Distant's type in some details ; it may represent a 

 northern subspecies, but as it has no abdomen and the thorax is rubbed, we abstain 

 from giving a description. 



Not dissected. 



Early stages and ? not known. 



//a/j. East Africa : Transvaal ; German E. Africa. 



L. AKBESIA gen. nov. — Typus : davidi. 



Smerhillim, Obeitbiir {w„i Latreillc, IK02), Bn/I. Sor. Eiit. Fmnri- p. 12 (1884). 



(J?. Tongue reaching beyond middle of abdomen, mesial fringe fused to form 

 a membrane, but tlie ciliae traceable. Palpus short, narrow, not produced beyond 

 frons, second segment not longer than first. Genal process projecting beyond tip 

 of pilifer. Antenna 2 or ;i mm. longer (cJ), or 1 mm. shorter ( ? ), than R^ of 

 forewing; segments cylindrical in ?, not grooved, without ju-olonged ciliae, 

 ant<'nna thickest beyond middle ; in S grooved, with long ciliae, ventral outline 

 of Hcgtnents (side-view) straight ; distal segments very short in botli sexes, ond- 

 segmcnt also very short, rounded in side-view, witii a brush ol' long scales. Eye- 

 Innhes short, but distinct. Head wilh transverse crest between antennae. Abdominal 



